Oh, Kentucky

As relayed earlier today in The Heath Post, Heath High School is reportedly in need of a football coach. Now that the mad race to break the news has been won, it's time for media to re-orient around speculation on who's next. The two-year status of the job is, obviously, an oddity, but I think it's also an opportunity for a special hire. For example, if this was Paris High School (a one-time football power who also has fallen into a spate of losing seasons) in the same situation, maybe one would check into Bill Arnsparger's willingness to move home for a couple of years and take the job on a near-gratis basis. Such a move wouldn't necessarily produce a bunch of wins, but maybe a board would decide it was worth it to potentially inspire, say, football-coaching/teaching career paths among the boys on the team without much direction. The two-year thing is an invitation to write the job description differently, perhaps even based on the candidates who apply. Could Heath have lured Chuck McAtee, a former Pirate lineman, to take an 18-month, unconventional sabbatical from his successful business? There's someone out there who could do some creative, positive things with this two-year position.

"Made in Paducah"?

Svelte in Bardstown?

And so begins Bluegrass Community and Technical College's ghost stories.

It'll be a hot night for Anderson County's hoops history buffs. A Heath Post reader recently submitted a question to the Kentucky Bureau as to why The Anderson News is among our favorite news organizations. Well, the "100 Years of Basketball" saga is a perfect example. Some of the titles in the irregular series have included "Girls' basketball comes to town," "The Legacy lives on" (about a 1930s UK star who hailed from near Lawrenceburg) and excellent John Herndon's "One man's opinion of best-ever local players."